DMITRI NIKOLA’ITCH RU’DIN.
DAR-YA MIHA’ILOVNA LASU’NSKY.
NATA’L-YA ALEX-YE’VNA.
MIHA’ILO MIHA’ILITCH LE’ZH-NYOV (MISHA).
ALEXANDRA PA’VLOVNA LI’PIN (SASHA).
SERGEI (pron, Sergay) PA’VLITCH VOLI’NT-SEV (SEREZHA).
KONSTANTIN DIOMIDITCH PANDALE’VSKY.
AFRICAN SEME’NITCH PIGA’SOV.
BASSI’STOFF.
MLLE. BONCOURT.
In transcribing the Russian names into English —
a has the sound of a in father.
er,, air.
i,, ee.
u,, oo.
y is always consonantal except when it is the last letter of the word.
g is always hard.
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